Police: Mother used forged court order to abduct sons from Bellevue

The boys' family is offering a $25,000 reward for the return of Sage and Isaac Cook.

Updated 1:58 pm, Tuesday, September 15, 2015

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Sage Cook, 14, was last seen at the Los Angeles International Airport Aug. 28 with his brother, 9-year-old Isaac. Authorities believe the boys were abducted by their non-custodial mother and ask anyone who sees them to call police. less

Sage Cook, 14, was last seen at the Los Angeles International Airport Aug. 28 with his brother, 9-year-old Isaac. Authorities believe the boys were abducted by their non-custodial mother and ask anyone who sees ... more

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Isaac Cook, 9, was last seen at the Los Angeles International Airport Aug. 28 with his brother, 14-year-old Sage. Authorities believe the boys were abducted by their non-custodial mother and ask anyone who sees them to call police. less

Isaac Cook, 9, was last seen at the Los Angeles International Airport Aug. 28 with his brother, 14-year-old Sage. Authorities believe the boys were abducted by their non-custodial mother and ask anyone who sees ... more

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Faye Ku, 36, is believed to have forged a court order to trick the father of her children into sending their Bellevue, Wash. sons on a plane to see her in Lakewood, Calif. The boys never returned home since their Aug. 28 trip. less

Faye Ku, 36, is believed to have forged a court order to trick the father of her children into sending their Bellevue, Wash. sons on a plane to see her in Lakewood, Calif. The boys never returned home since ... more

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Police: Mother used forged court order to abduct sons from Bellevue

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Two Bellevue boys are missing after their non-custodial mother used a forged court order to abduct them in Southern California, Bellevue police say.

Sage and Isaac Cook, ages 14 and 9, were last seen Aug. 28 at the Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities believe they may be living openly and can be seen in public, so they ask anyone who spots them to contact law enforcement with any information.

Their father, who has custody of the children in Bellevue, received a forged court order from the mother, 36-year-old Faye Ku, mandating a supervised visit, Bellevue Police spokesman Officer Seth Tyler said.

Wishing to comply with the order, the father, David Cook, put his sons on a plane to Los Angeles to visit their mother in Lakewood, Calif., reports indicate. The boys were due back home in a few days, but never returned, prompting their father to call 911.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the case, responded to Ku's apartment and found she abandoned it, leaving behind several personal belongings, Tyler said.

Isaac Cook, the 9-year-old boy, has a prescription for an inhaler that holds Albuterol and Flovent that will need to be refilled, according to Bellevue police.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was alerted to the incident.

This is not the first time Ku has tried to take the boys, Tyler said. She was stopped with her sons at the Sea-Tac airport in 2013 on her way to boarding a plane bound for Taiwan.

Sage, the 14-year-old son, is known to be active on social media, but has not shown signs of Internet activity recently, Tyler said.

The boys' family is offering a $25,000 reward for their return. Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stopper at 1-800-222-TIPS or Det. Rachel Neff at 425-452-2361.